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StreetLight #384 - Fluorescent (image 1)
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I'd gotten a picture of a pair of these last year (which showed the fixtures/structure fine but not real clear on what was inside). I honestly didn't think I'd come across any more of them...
Well I just did, at a different place, this time they were single fixtures on a pole. I also was able to zoom in & get a better pic! They're 5 lamps (certainly an odd number to see). They're also standard bi-pin T8's, and since these look like they're 4-foot (which is ofcourse hard to tell for sure when its up on a pole) I'd assume just normal F32T8.
Maybe its what this particular city used at their facilities. There could be more around.
Location:
Aurora Reservoir, Aurora, CO
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Would be interesting to see how brightly these light the lot..
Ofcourse it could also have a 'high' ballast-factor ballast, then you'd get even more lumens (wouldn't surprise me if they used such)
It can get bitterly cold here in the winter (below zero - luckily we don't get allot of that), but being a closed fixture, and 5 lamps, I think they actually would do fine on most nights winter down into the 20's or teens.
@traffic light1:
Yep they'd be fine at 20f (I've got some 1xF32 striplights with covers over the lamps outside, and they warm up fine down into the 20's)...though once it gets to the single digits or below, there are issues (one being the EOL protection will sometimes trip on startup. If they do light although it takes awhile they surprisingly do reach a decent brightness).
If you get enough below zero, and some instant-starts won't even fire up.
These being 5-lamp (more heat generated) and I would assume some good cold-rated ballasts, I wouldn't be surprised if they can get near full brightness even at 0 f